told one of the teammates. as the prosecution's case came to a close, five of his teammates on the university lacrosse team were called to the stand to testify about the defend's behavior in the hours leading up to the murder. all of them told the court that he had been drinking heavily that day and described him as noticeably drunk. one describe him as slurring his words saying inappropriate things and another describe him as being belligerent. four out of the five attended a father-son golf outing and said that he was drinking heavily. all testified seeing him immediately before and after the murder. ken claussen told the youry that he lived to him about had the whereabouts before police say that yeardley love was killed. he said a drunk huguely came into their apartment saying he was at chris clemonss apartment and he was drunk. he knew that not to be true and confronted huguely. he told the court that the demeanor of george changeed.

he was sitting on the couch with a beer and a blank stare. he asked him what is wrong with you and never got a response. none of the men observe good injuries to the defendant. one of the last witnesses saw huguely around midnight, when he stuck his head into the room and saw he was in bed and went to use the bathroom. thompson thought he was in there for 10 seconds and the prosecution believes that huguely was cleaning himself off after leaving love's apartment on may 3rd, 2010. and the jury heard from three women who say they were contacted by george huguely the night he was killed and testifyd about talking to or receiving text messages in the hours before and around the time of love's death. the text messages were not read aloud in court but on cross examination, the defense attorney asked katelin taylor if she knew george had a quote, crush on you. two other women testifyd about

hearing from huguely at 11 -- between 11:30 and midnight the night of the murder. the defense began its case after 3:00 this afternoon with the defense attorney francis lawrence calling for the stand of toxicologies from virginia commonwealth university who testified what he thought would have been yeardley love's blood alcohol level at the time of the death. he believes that it was about 16 to 18 that his point, that 0.18, i should say and thought it could be that high, although the state said in the autopsy report her blood alcohol content was .14. there is a doctor on the stand, one of six, we believe, we're going to be seeing in the defense case. shawn? >> thank you for the update tonight. jury selection began in the day trial of five men accused of several deadly shootings in the district. onland on, carter, jeffrey best, lamar williams and boast

on trial right now. prosecutors claim four of men shot a man and led to a retaliation killing the next day and later killed a 17-year- old and opened fire on south capitol street with a assault weapon, a semi automatic pistol killing three teenagers. >> attempt a culpeper police officer shot and po- year-old -- 40-year-old woman. the unidentified officer claims she shot patricia cook when he tried to drive off with his arm in her car window. she refused his orders to stop and the officer responded to a call for a suspicious woman in a parking lot. fauquier county commonwealth attorney james fisher will take over that investigation. it could be weeks before toxiology dole reports are complete to help determine how whitney houston died. in the meantime, plans are underway for a saturday funeral which the public can so and officials have issued subpoenas to get her medical and pharmacy

records. karen grayhouston is in -- karen gray houston has more on this. >> reporter: the coroner in los angeles said there is nothing unusual about asking doctors to turn over medical records. assistant coroner said it's standard procedure, even if someone dies in a car accident and there were reports, as know, several bolts of prescription drugs were discovered in the room where show died and that alcohol was found. meanwhile, fans are keeping a vigil at the wigham funeral home in newark, and we're hearing from the houston publicist that some fans will be able to watch her private funeral on the worldwide web and on livestream.com, ap live. that is the associated press. tmz reporting that houston's ex- husband, bobby brown, is desrestaurant after hearing that some members of the family don't want him to attend the funeral. tmz said that brown, the father of houston's daughter has not received official word, however. the family chose grammy winning

gospel singer marvin winans to deliver the eulogy. he seems to think that bobby brown will be there. >> and what it is, it's a time of difficulty, families come together and, as i have talked to them yesterday, just her strength, you know, letting her know we were praying and the rock of, i will never forget the last time whitney was in concert here, she called me on stage and we sang together i go to the rock and it's that rock of salvation, that rock and faith that we have in jesus that sustains us during times like. this. >> we are getting word from bobby brown that his daughters is doing much better. bobbi christina was taken to the hospital the night her mother died to be treated for stress. laura.

>> thank you for the update tonight. [ singing ] and i will always love you ♪ houston's death has reignited her music, including this huge hit from the movie "the bodyguard" and "i will always love you" was written by dolly parson is -- parton and that is playing so much, parton will be one of the people making a lot of money in the wake of houston's death, since the song is expected to top the. >> i joy tunes chart and this is why the song is soaring again. 195,000 people bought that song by sunday night. since whitney houston died on saturday, her album sales have skyrocketed by 6,000% and the bittersweet new success for a singer who had long been one of music's top-selling artists in history. and now to a developing story in iran. they claim it reachd two major add vancements defying western demands and sanctions to end the controversy --

controversial work and it's threatening searches of its own cutting off oil to some countries. >> reporter: iranian president touring a nuclear facility in tehran and also leading a ceremony where the islamic republic's first self-produced nuclear fuel rods were loaded into a research reactor. the event reportedly showing despite sanctions and pressure from the u.s., and other western nations, iran completed all aspects of the nuclear fowl cycle. mean -- fuel cycle. israel continues to accuse iran of being behind attacks on the israeli embassies in georgia and india and new claims that terran was planning an attack in thailand, too. israel'sm bassitor to diland said they found bombs similar to the ones in india and georgia and the rubble of the home after the blast. police arrested two iranian men living in the home, a third iranian fled to malaysia and is

in custody. thai officials are not confirming connects to the arrests and other attacks and saying the investigation is still ongoing. >> some people linkd this incident with those in india and georgia gap. likewise, we can't say they -- and georgia. likewise, we can't say they're related. >>. this comes as the iranian state tv announces tehran will be cutting oil exports to six easterneen union nations, choking off space of crude to the netherlands, spain, italy, france, greece, and portugal. the move by tehran is a reaction to news that the u.s. and new york are considering pressuring swift, a financial clearing house iran uses to process the overseas oil sales to kick iran out, something that could badly damage the islamic republic's economy. peter dousey,s to new -- fox news, washington. a news alert out of honduras. a fire destroyed a severely overcrowded prison, killing 356

people. many of the inmates were locked in the cells and burned or suffocated to death. this is one of the world's most deadly prison fires in a century. the survivors say an inmate screamed we will all die here and set his bedding on fire. and visitation for the virginia paramedic killed in a tragic accident is underway. and firefighters from all over are expected to attend services. joshua weissman was killed last week when responding to a car fire on i-395 and jumped through a barrier. a few minutes ago, his brother gabe thanked everyone who helped the family through the difficult last few days. >> during the trials of the past few days, as we're beginning to comprehend and adjust to the new reality, the hundreds in the alexandrea fire department and with some other emergency service units from near and far have shown with us their steadfastness and compassion y josh loved what he did so much. if it's possible to take anything positive out of something so tragic, it would

be how thankful we would feel that there are people like josh who are there in the most trying of times for those they know and those they don't. >> his visitation continues until midnight and in wheatly and alexandrea. the funeral is set at 1:00 p.m. and coming up, tempers flare at a d.c. council retreat. tonight, reaction from the two members who got into a profanity-laced shouting match. you will hear from the only reporter in the room when it happened. and a big setback for lawmakers hoping to pass gay legislation in maryland. and contraception controversy. why the debate is intensifying on capitol hill. jerry. and there is a lovely day out there and some change iss are coming. the jane in the forecast and we'll look at that. it's coming -- look how nice. this is beautiful. they on the way, though, and rain, too. the full forecast is coming up in a few minute when is fox 5 news at 5 continues. 

. >> tempers were flaring at an upul -- annual retreat for d.c. council members yesterday. marion barry and david catanya got into a heated argument during the committee and accusations and profanities

were flying. and allen was there for the showdown and joins us to fill us in on what happened. and this started after the council was discussing the future of the united medical center. how did the two start going at it after that? >> reporter: you couldn't call it a discussion of the united medical center. the district cfo finished a presentation to on the state of district finances and council member barry spoke up about the united medical center asks the cfo about it. it's in his southeast ward. at this point, council member catanya unloaded on him and i am not sure if barry got his question answered. >> who else was in the room and how were they reacting to this? >> the other members were in the room and was the only reporter in the room. there was an atmosphere of embarrassment. some members tried to encourage them to be quiet and one noticed that i was in the room and pointed out that a journalist was sitting a few

fight away and they kept going at it and at one point, catanya office his feet screaming and i couldn't hear if barry had a response. he was drowned out by david catannia. >> tell me about the back and forth. i understand that barry accused of catanya was harboring a long- standing disrespect for black men? what was the specific back and forth? >> there were various comments about -- the comments came after the interviews with the reporters after the episode. but housed a number of expletives toward barry and described him as a despicable human being at one point and a few things not safe for television and he had a back- and-forth that was intense with council member barry and, frankly, council member barry couldn't be heard. he may have tried to respond but i can't hear him from across the room. >> and given profanes said, did -- profanities at the time,

did anyone try to break it up. >> i'm sorry? >> did anyone try to break it up? did any other council members try to step in and break it up between the two of them? >> there was a meeting facilitator the city had to try to move the meeting along and he tried to intervene. other members of the couple, like i said, tried to point out that this was an open meeting of the district of columbia's council and that that were not having any of it and they were going to argue for some time. >> thank you for being with us and giving us perspective on what was happening whole you were there. appreciate it. >> all right. >> and what is the fallout from this? matt ackland has more. >> reporter: this is not the first time that council members catanya and barry had words. they have gone at it and both used profanity. will this happen again? probably so. the question is is there anything that can be done to stop it? >> reporter: y that are both

well-known and well-liked about their aggressive style. and when they don't see eye-to- eye, it can get ugly. >> and at that point, he started cursing and saying i was despicable. >> reporter: council member barry lashed out at david catannia. this was an exchange at a meeting over hearing practices last year. >> i resent you, mr. catanya. it bothers me that mr. catanya would throw out these bosts and wild statements that this government is for sale. he's a damn liar. >> i will respectfully decline have my colleague serve as my moral and ethical compass. jury. >> i are the heated arguments going too far? chairman brown thinks so. >> we should disagree on the policy but never disrespectful to anyone. >> reporter: the latest incident between catanya and barry prompted him to call the council together to talk about its code of conduct. >> i look forward to putting

that to issue with the code of conduct, having a meeting with the members about what are the expectations of the code of conduct have violated. >> reporter: i spoke with council member catanya by phone and he declined an on-camera interview and did say there would be no apology and mint error error what he said. council member barry said the talk about him getting into a physical fight is not true and that is reported the last day or so. i called the general counsel to see if they violated a code of conduct and he would not comment on the matter, laura? >> thank you very much, matt ackland. >> uh. and maryland lawmakers are considering an amendment to the constitution to let them remove a politician from office once convicted of the crime. this comes from the conventions of jack johnson and his wife leslie. and thisble allows a convicted official to be re-instated if

the reason they were convict side overturned. frederick delegate patrick hogan reportedly considered voting yes on the bill before the lawmakers and today, he said he doesn't believe it's necessary to institute new marriage laws and supports maryland's current law, allowing civil unions to provide benefits. new testimony in the debate of free birth control under the obama administration's healthcare laws. for the first time, health and human services secretary cathleen sebealeous faced a congressional hearing. the hhs first ruled all employ ear his to provide free contraception to women and later, that was modified to ensure companies pay and not catholic-affiliated organizations. >> and did you or anyone at hhs conduct or -- the constitutional or freedom of issues. that is a simple question. >> we had our legal department look at a whole host of issues.

>> did you ask the justice department? >> i did not. >> okay. >> a bill is being introduced to repeal the mandate. the white house, though, standing by the policy. >> those cherry blossoms are confused. another spring day out there. >> and what can we expect tonight? >> and that is looking really, really nice, especially this evening and looks like it's okay for friday and on saturday. >> okay. >> and they popping out there. and don't worry, it's not going to have any affect on when they decide to come out in april. i want to show what you is going on now. we have had such nice weather, the high pressure is in cold and -- control and that is the good stuff, sinking air keeping us mostly sunny and to the

west, there is shower activity and some clouds. they look close and asy that coming into the high pressure, they fall a part and weaken. we're not worried about the shower activity and there is that spotty chance of a shower or two and that is looks like most of the rain is coming into the city. nice at 7. the temperatures in the upper and some clouds at 9 and 11 and again, rain tomorrow, and then we, well, we have to talk about the weekend. what is going to hap then weekend. the full forecast. >> all right, so you soon. thanks. i want to remind you, check the weather any time g. to the app store orand ride market to download it --android market. new details emerge about a father who killed himself and his two young sons. how he tricked authorities until the end.

and a woman revealed what her husband did weeks before their 20--month-old daughter vanished without a trace -- 20- month-old daughter vanished without a trace. send us an e-mail to fox5tips@wttg.com. 

. >> the father who blew up his high school tricked authorities into believing it was a norm at house. josh -- normal house. he was not living there and set it up to look like a normal home. he was rigging it to explode at the same time. he was expected -- suspected in his wife's disappearance and lost custody of his 5- and seven-year-old sons. and his wife susan disappeared two years ago and investigators found many more clues in that case and discovered a comforter that appear to be stage stained with her blood and an unmarked map

of utah and powell claimed he took their 2- and four-year-old son on a camping trip in freezing weather and that is when she disappeared. the mother of a toddler missing from maine said the girl's father took out a life apse insurance policy on the child weeks before she died. the 25-year-old reynolds was last seen at her father's home in november. her mother was in rehab at the time and this is a picture another child. she claims that did not happen. >> a new study puts the final study on the healthcare costs than the neighbors with healthier residents. and a warning is issued about a counterfeit drugs circulating in the u.s. and lead and lipstick? why the fda is putting several popular brands under the microscope. 

. >> listen up, ladies. your kisses could be toxic. that is the warning from a cosmetic safety group after looking at lipstick testing data from the fda. they found lead in 400 lipsticks. are we finding dangerous levels here? melanie alnwick is here to break it down for us. >> reporter: the food and drug administration has been testing lipsticks for lead since 2007. last spring, it expanded them to the 200 products. every single sample tested positive. the fda found small amounts that it has no safety concerns and some others are not convince. the two lipsticks with the most lead found in fda testing made by loreal. maybelline color sensational pink petal and loreal coluo --

colour rich. with level at .700 period of times per million and. >> reporter: lead is a powerful neurotoxin and that is why there are strict standards for lead inis to, jewelry, cookware and drinking water. the fda has not set lead limits for lipstick. the centers for disease control recommends that children avoid cosmetics containing lead. >> the truth is no level is for humans. particularly -- particularly pregnant women, women who are planning on becoming pregnant. >> reporter: of the 400 lipsticks tested, more than half had trace amounts of lead. the rest fall somewhere in between. the lowest include clinuque, black honey, hourual color juice and wet and wild's lip balm bahama mama and showing that price doesn't make a difference. >> and there is no telling as far as price and color,

application types and to understand if there is lead in the lipstick or not. >> reporter: the fda have no safety concerns about lead and lip stick but there are online data cosmetic data basees to check if you want to be careful. the fda is considering setting the standards. canada has a limit, 10 parts per million. all the products fell under that amount. california, as you would imagine has a strict erstadard of five parts per million and only the top two productsk seeded that there and you have to take it, i suppose w a grape of salt. if you're concerned about lead, look at the online data bases and we have the information on our website for you. >> maybe i will stick to chapstick. and thank you. concerns about a

counterfeit cancer drug. avastin is used to treat all sorts of cancers. roastgen tech said counterfeit vials made their way into the u.s. if taking the drug, check the packaging. it should contain english and have gentech on the back lead second degree and the lot number should have six numbers and no letters. a top federal regulator said the shortage should ease before host hospitals run out of the drug and preservative free methyl trexate has been in short supply after a leading maker of the drug shut down some of the factories late last year and that is used to treat acute limbofo blastic leukemia. a stunning report finds that montgomery county, maryland, spends more on healthcare and has fewer healthy residents. the average salary is $71,000. compared to 58,000 in fairfax

county. montgomery county spends $68 per capita on healthcare, nearly double the state average. gordy joins us with the montgomery county taxpayer's league. you wrote the study and thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> your study shows all of that money is not working. what is the problem? >> reporter: well, when we compare health outcomes that are included in a federal data base and on some community statistics, we see that neighboring counties have health -- better health outcomes in key areas like high blood pressure, premature berths and low birth rates and this is disturbing to us because of the high per capita spending, which you noted already, and the fact that this is a high priority for us in the county. >> why do you think montgomery county is falling short if it's spending more than most other

municipalities? >> i think like many things, it boils down to policies, strategies, and management. a good example would been to ageing pregnancies, where montgomery county doubled the rate of pregnancies as fairfax and howard county. some have attributed this to the high hispanic population in the county, but we so a high pis hispanic population in fairfax county as well and only half of the rate that montgomery county has. >> in the article, the director of health and human services said, quote, the communities are not exactly the same. howard county doesn't look like montgomery county. it's simplistic to say they pay 20% less and that they doing better. how do you respond to that? >> i would say this that fairfax county is a peer of montgomery county, chording to the federal department of health and human service. and our performance compared to fairfax county is inferior as

well as howard county. seems to me it's not about money but management, policies, and strategies. >> bottom line, what do you want? you represent the county taxpayer's league. what sort of changes are you looking for here? >> in this time of slow growth and austerity, one of the biggest concerns is how well we're serving the poorest of the poor, and that is folks at 100% of the federal poverty level and they're only on/3 of those poor in our county are receiving free healthcare error. we believe that is -- healthcare. we believe that is because 9 county provides up to 2 1/2 times of the level want we would like to see resources reallocated and we would like to see inefficient and ineffective programs drop, and we would like to see more bang for the buck. >> and that is going to being about -- interesting to see how the county responds to this. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. and executives are opposed to maryland's pension plans to

close a billion dollar budget deficit. governor o'malley is calling for counties to split the pension costs with the state and that would give counties more incentive to negotiate. baker said his county is facing a $126 million shortfall the next fiscal year and that pension shift would add another $44 million. >> and this is about a cut toward education. the state is not cutting education, but they're going to forcous make -- to make the drastic decisions in our budget. we can't have this happen. >> and governor o'malley said splitting pension costs with the county will save the state $239 million a year. coming up, we'll have -- why a preschooler was forced to eat chicken mcnugget's instead of her packed lunch. and also ahead, the health scare at a heart attack grill. >> and i felt horrible for the gentleman. the tourists were take photos of him as if it was a stunt. >> find out how the eatery

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. >> i think the name says it all. the man eating there had a heart attack. and there is not a surprise here. the restaurant doesn't hold back. the meal can easily exceed 8,000 calories. the staff willingly glory face bad health there, especially if you weigh more than 350 pounds, you get to eat for free. saturday night, when a customer started experiencing chest pains, sweats, and shaking, they knew something was terribly wrong. >> i actually felt horrible for the gentlemen because the tourists were taking photos of him as if it was a stunt. even with our own morbid sense

of humor, we would never pull a stunt like that. >> they heard he is okay and recuperating. he was eating what they call a triple bypass burger. >> oh, and that would be appropriate. north carolina officials are trying to figure out why a preschooler was told her home- packed lunch was not healthy. the girl's mother packed a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips and an apple juice. an employee inspecting lunches said it didn't meet nutritional guidelines and gave her chicken nuggets from the cafeteria instead. the officials said the home- packed lunch should have met the requirements and they're not sure why the employee said it didn't. >> i would be furious, first of all first of all and how does a school decide what you give your children. >> right. >> potato chips i might take issue, but the turkey sandwich. >> yeah, glad it was not me the mom getting the note. >> yeah.

that would have been another story. >> it would have. the lin-sanity continues. another highlight to his growing reel. and a slimmer fresh off the win takes a plunge with his longtime girlfriend, so to speak. and clear skies today and there is some rain in the forecast. gary's back with all of the details. ♪

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america's beverage companies are delivering. . >> tim below became a national phenomenon this season. the latest craze is taking place in the nba with the player who added another chanter to his incredible story last night and dave feldman has more on this. >> reporter: there are some comparisons with tim tebow, both leim -- religious christians who seem selfless in how they go about their life. many people are making an underdog comparison and that doesno the fly. he was a two-time national champion in florida and won the heisman trophy. jeremy lin didn't receive a college scholarship, play

basketball at harvard and went undrafted. two weeks ago, hardly anyone knew who he was and let alone he was on the nba and knicks. they do now. the raptors second sellout in 13 games. lin-sanity prevailed again -- l and handed out 11 is assists and once again the hero. and with that time running out, the win and they're one win away from being 500-by-not just the talk of the league but the entire sports world and this is your hero. >> and i wanted to make sure i got a get look at the clock. he kept saying it's a long game, we seen what they do. the cover sang different and that is something i haven't seen it and kept telling me to stay aggressive. >> and lin scored more points in his first five starts than any player since the nba merger

in 1976 and, shawn, arguably, the second best basketball player to come out of palo alto high school besides middle school. >> right. and we believe that one. -- besides myself. >> right. and we believe that one. what is your favorite jeremy lin catch face. >> christopher wrote it's alin- derella story and everyonesto wrote to lin-fin ity and beyond. all you have to go do is go to facebook.com/myfoxd.c. this is the question: is jeremy lin the real deal? text your vote to the number 29473. just text one for yes, two for no and i believe our producer support out a text or a tweet or something on facebook

calling it lin-tastic. is that what you said last night? >> he said absolutely not and maybe that was someone else. >> all right. >> wonderful. >> well, in-sanity. >> and that is what this weather is, it's linderf huh l. >> okay. >> keep it coming. >> and to that low bump in the road and i have some showers in the forecast. you have known about this. >> yeah. >> and if you have been with us the last few days, that is the weekend. again, and another weekend storm. we'll talk about that coming up in just a second. gorgeous out there today. gorgeous out there this evening. and, again, tomorrow is just a quick cloud and shower day. and then we're going end up coming back to the weekend storm here in just a second. let me show where you we are, though. we're generally clear now. can you see the rain. it's not too far away and i am not too worried either about whether or not we're going to get some showers overnight and that is looking like as the rain gets closer to us, it's going to fall a part and we'll get clouds overnight tonight

and we'll have to wait on tomorrow to be able to get any of the rain, and it doesn't look like it's going to be to heavy. nice at 7:00, a beautiful evening and some clouds, the temperatures dropping through the 40s and by 11:00, a few upper 30s in the suburbs and the clouds coming in and the temperatures stabilizing to upper 30s and overnight, the lower 40s in the upper 30s overnight 52. new and check out fredericksburg at 55. quantico, beautiful at 57 degrees; baltimore, 52; as well as annapolis. the future cast shows the setup. tomorrow morning, we probably will wake up to cloud cover and that is looking like tomorrow morning's commute will be fine. fairly dry as we progress through the day and here comes the rain. this is 6:00 tomorrow night and notice here, the rain is all on top of us and basically, we have a wet commute for the evening and this will get out of here. the way it's looking now, friday looks nice.

loads of sunshine on friday and the temperatures back up into the 50s, believe it or not, and we're still not find anything real cold air. i don't expect any real cold air for awhile. and we're just not seeing it. in terms of what happens for the weekend, as we start heading into saturday and sunday, here we are, we're still dry. we have to watch all of this moisture coming out of the deep south and this will be a developing storm system. the guidance is all over the place on this storm as we head into the weekend. so, the weekend storm track is very, very uncertain and that will determine, as you know by now, we have been tracking the storms for years. the track is always the key. until we can narrow that track down a little bit, there is still some question in terms of what is going to happen late saturday and sunday for us. back here tonight, the clouds move in, the spotty shower, 39 or so. colder out in the suburbs. remember, tomorrow, clouds to

start and why of we have a shower in the morning, few and far between. a few showers at noon and late day, looks like when the heaviest of the rain moves through and by no means is it going to be heavy and talking some showers here. we may pick up a quarter of an inch of rain at the most in some places and on friday is okay and appears on the weekend snow. and do we get rain, rain-snow, anything? >> thanks, gare. >> yeah. did whitney houston know that she was going to die? did she know? tmz producer dax holt joins us leave from l.a. some of her friends say handwriting that the sing her a premonition about her own death? >> yeah, we have been talking to people close to her and they said she had a type of premonition and she was talking a lot about the bible, bible passages. she said that she was ready to meet jesus, that it was her time. she was excited to meet jesus.

lots and lots and lots of talk like that from multiple sources close to whitney, and people that were connected saying that is all she was talking about days leading up to her death and then show passed away. i think a lot of people during the time didn't think too much of it, but new looking back they're going wow, she -- seemed like she knew. >> and almost makes you wonder if suicide could have been at play here? >> no, you know, people report leaping so much towards -- aren't leaning towards that but that she knew it was coming and it was inevitable. >> all right. got to change subjects here and talk about a possible reconciliation that could be in the works for kobe and vanessa bryant? >> yeah. vanessa. yeah, so he's the deal. they going through this divorce right now. she made it very clear he was still cheating and she had enough of it. last night at the laker game, she was sitting in the stands and cheering him on after they won the game, he walked towards

the locker room and landed a big kiss on her lips and looks like they're going to reconcile. >> what do you know? we'll be following that one. dex ax holt, thank you very much. good news. >> for kobe. >> exactly. >> that is what i was going to say. i kept my mouth shut. an olympic swimmer's poolside proposal is going viral on the web. his longtime girlfriend fellow swimmer presented him his meatal and was told to come up and join him on the podium when he got up on one knee and popped the question. look at the shock on her face. >> huh. >> as you may have guessd, she said yes. >> love it. where does did he hide the ring? [ laughter ] >> i want to know. >> all right. let's go to brian bolter now for what is next on the news edge six. they're telling me to move on. >> i don't know. now poll numbers could mean trouble for the gop. coming up, why president obama may have no trouble winning the general election if things stay

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. >> it's the super bowl of dog shows. last night, the pekinese won the title at the westminster show. the four-year-old malaki beat out six other dogs for the coveted title. the champion wins a coveted silver bowl but not a cent of pride money. it's just bragging rights. instead, the prestige lasts a lovetime for any owner and brings a wealth of opportunity in greeting potential. and speaking of bragging rights, more bragging right for a marilyn teenager and --

maryland teenager and her little dog. they won the best junior division. winfrey is an english cocker spaniel. and she's been a dog handler since she was eight years old. >> congratulations to her. >> good for her. >> and a lot of great things to come in the future. >> clearly. thank you for joining us on the news edge 5. >> the news edge at 6 starts right now. republicans are wondering which of their candidates could beat president obama. a new poll shows every one of them would lose if the election was held today. fox 5s tom fitzgerald is following this. there is more troubling news for republicans in the polls? >> reporter: there is, brian. according to "the new york times"/cbs news poll, the president is not only up to his highest job approval rating since osama bin laden's killing, but it's among in independents where there is the best news for the white house. he's beating mitt romney